TN woman dupes people in B'luru of lakhs of rupees; uses RBI, Finance Minister's names to gain faith
Bengaluru: In a duping incident reported from Anekal taluk, people lost lakhs of rupees to a woman who used the names of Finance Minister of India Nirmala Sitharaman and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) while offering them high amounts of subsidy along with the money she lent them.
The fraudster, identified as Pavithra, a native of Hosur in Tamil Nadu, had opened an agency named 'Blue Wings' and claimed that the RBI had granted her agency up to Rs 17 crore, to gain the trust of the people she called. She later started presenting fake documents with the signature of the Finance Minister as proof in favour of the agency. Next, she started sending the people video clips of the bundles of the money 'Blue Wings' was working with.
Gaining the confidence of the people she called with such tricks, Pavithra then started assuring them that she would lend them money without much fuss or lengthy procedures. She offered Rs 5 lakh as subsidy for every Rs 10-lakh loan she gave, but added that the clients would have to deposit money with the agency before getting the loan amount.
The clients, believing Pavithra's words to be true, deposited very high amounts of their money with the 'Blue Wings' agency. When they got no loan from the other party even after waiting for a couple of months, they realized that they had been duped by Pavithra. People from various areas, like Chandapura, Attibele, Hosur and Dharmapuri, reportedly lost a lot of their money in the incident.
A case was registered against Pavithra and her accomplices by the Attibele Police based on a complaint filed by Rathnamma, a resident of Mayasandra. The officers said that case has also been booked against Praveen, Yallappa, Sheela, Rukmini, Radha, Mamatha, Nehruji, Sharat Kumar, Satish, Manjula, Martin, Hemalatha, Shalini and the other people involved in the duping act, and that investigation is underway.
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
